Kevin Hart Deletes Old Anti Gay Tweets After Being Chosen as Oscars Host

Comedian and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle star Kevin Hart defended himself against the criticism he has faced since being named the next host of the Oscars, telling critics who brought up old homophobic tweets and his controversial past to "take your negative energy and put it into something constructive".

"Keep in mind, I'm not homophobic, I have nothing against gay people, do what you want to do, but me, being a heterosexual male, if I can prevent my son from being gay, I will, " Hart said. 'I sincerely apologize to the LGBTQ community for my insensitive words from my past'.

In a video on Instagram, Hart said the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences gave him an ultimatum: apologize or "we're going to have to move on and find another host". On the 4th of December, Tuesday, the 39-year-old comedian said he would be at the helm of the Oscars next year.

While he states that he "love [s] everybody", he feels he should not be accountable for his past actions as people "change, grow, [and] evolve as they get older".

"It would be something I would definitely do just to say I did it in my career", he told Variety at the time.

This is a breaking story and will be updated. I have nothing against gay people.

Hart reportedly deleted a number of homophobic messages - some of which were almost a decade old - after getting picked to host the 2019 awards show on Tuesday. In 2010 during his Seriously Funny standup special, Hart delivered an extended joke based on a fear of his three-year-old son Hendrix turning out gay.

GLAAD, a media watchdog that protects and promotes dignified representation of queer people, reached out to Hart, the film academy and ABC, which airs the telecast.

"I chose to pass on the apology", Hart said. "Stop searching for reasons to be angry", Hart wrote in his Instagram, along with a grainy video of him shirtless expressing the same sentiments.

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